Miley Cyrus in a Vintage NY Tupac & Biggie dress at the VMAs: cute or poseur?

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus was supposed to be the “big act” at the MTV VMAs. She preceded her performances with a pantless suitcase promo, but everyone knew she’d never create the same buzz that she did a few months ago at the VMAs. There were also rumors that she’d go classy and wear a ball gown while singing in a sophisticated manner, but that wasn’t going to happen by a long shot.

Miley strutted onto the red carpet wearing this NY Vintage graphic printed dress showing off Biggie and Tupac’s faces on her rack, her stomach, and her booty. I’m sure she would have gone naked if the censors allowed, but this is close enough. The dress is completely backless, and I’m sure double-sided tape was required to protect against accidental crackage. The boots are Tom Ford, and her jewels no doubt came from the same cache of “sh-t” that she carries with her at all times (because stylists suck). This is a typical Miley look, and I guess it communicates her coveted “urban” status. She still looks like a poseur.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus

Miley opened the EMAs by performing “We Can’t Stop” with a little person dressed in bondage gear. They spanked each other while Miley sang half the song, and then she introduced Redfoo as host.

Miley later performed “Wrecking Ball” with her infamous front wedgie intact, but MTV hasn’t released that video yet (it was briefly posted on YouTube but got yanked). Miley sang while standing in front of a video of herself crying. It just wasn’t the same as writhing around naked for Uncle Terry.

Miley also won Best Video for “Wrecking Ball.” She made a grand show of lighting up a joint as she approached the stage to accept her award. MTV censored this moment, but Us Weekly says Miley was smoking pot for hours backstage: “It was so brazen, so shameless. It was so uncalled for.

Before the EMAs began, Miley tweeted a shower selfie. Of course.

Miley Cyrus

She also got “Amsterdammed” with Cara “Coke Dropper” Delevigne on Friday night.

Miley Cyrus

Cara Delevingne

Photos courtesy of Miley Cyrus on Twitter, Fame/Flynet & WENN

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  1. ZL1 says:

    Poseur or Poser?

    • Savanna says:

      It’s spelled poseur. When I learned that I swear it took me a solid hour to get over the fact that I’ve been spelling it wrong my whole life.

    • Nina W says:

      They mean two different things, so they’re two different words.

  2. Dani2 says:

    Very X-Tina-ish that first look, much as Miley tries, her antics, her image are all recycled, nothing new or groundbreaking there – which is a shame cuz she actually has talent.

    And she’s hanging out with Cara? No surprise there, she’s doing the best she can to be Rihanna 2.0.

    • Tapioca says:

      Xtina wore something very similar back in 2001 – I wonder if that’s what they mean by “vintage”?!

      As for the rest – semi-clothed, smoking marry-ju-anna and a light spanking? If only my razor blades were so edgy, I wouldn’t have sliced open my shin in the shower this morning…

      • OriginallyBlue says:

        Lmao @ tapioca. That was good

      • I Choose Me says:

        If only my razor blades were so edgy, I wouldn’t have sliced open my shin in the shower this morning…

        Ahahahahaha. Man do I love my Celebitchy ladies.

    • Dommy Dearest says:

      http://i.imgur.com/TNmJ1Z7.jpg

      Fitting, very fitting.

  3. marina says:

    Is that a rhetorical question? She is a joke.

    • Froggy says:

      I agree but that body tho. Just wish she’d cover and class it up but I think her body looks amazing.

      • loveisthecoal says:

        I have to say, I just don’t see this “amazing body” everyone talks about. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with her body, it looks fine, but to me, she’s just skinny–is that what qualifies as an amazing body now? JMO.

      • carol says:

        loveisthecoal: it’s because most people just don’t eat well or exercise, so they think that anyone with a decent body looks amazing

  4. Hannah says:

    Does anyone remember the Miley’s apology after (the ever-so-overrated) Annie Leibovitz had photographed her with just a blankie wrapped around her, showing her bare back? Good times…

  5. Cecilia says:

    Horrible.

  6. paige says:

    really?
    she’s WNNING AWARDS??
    we are circling the drain people…..

  7. MrsB says:

    LOL at US Weekly making a big deal out of Miley smoking weed backstage at the VMA’s. I’m sure she was probably the ONLY one there to be smoking weed. I’m sure everyone was just looking on horrified. That being said, that is one ugly outfit.

    • fancyamazon says:

      you know, people smoke cigarettes outside these days. If she is smoking weed in her dressing room then that is inappropriate of her. no one I know smokes inside anymore, cigs or joints. just the way it is. She is disrespectful

  8. Nev says:

    Cheese. Not happening.

  9. tifzlan says:

    Always and forever a poseur, poser, and everything else synonymous.

  10. dcypher1 says:

    Ur right bh she does look like a poser. She was just a baby when they were around. Lame. I bet she couldn’t even name one Pac or biggie song if I asked her.

  11. blue marie says:

    always and forever poseur

  12. bsh says:

    She’s pretty and moderately talented, yet she couldn’t resit going the easy way, flashing her ass around and acting “provocatively” (?). She got everyone tired by now, and I do feel sorry for her, cause she clearly thinks very high of herself right now, while the rest of the world is mocking her. In a few years she will look back at the pictures and wish she could hide in a pit. Miley, now that you are universally famous, you can 1. quit the embarassing circus 2. get your s*** together 3. start using that money to get a decent stylist 4. go on with your promising career

  13. yeahright says:

    If my mortal enemy who was responsible for my death was printed on the same dress as my face was printed on, this b!tch would have some poltergeist/paranormal activity going on in her house for the rest of her life.

    • Dommy Dearest says:

      +1!

      They both are rolling in their grave. On her flat as a board ass, really? This just further proves she has no idea how much of a mockery she’s making of the ‘urban’ life.

  14. V4Real says:

    I really don’t have a problem with Miley. She’s not the first and won’t be the last to pull these kind of antics to get attention. She got exactly what she wanted more popularity and fame. I’m not saying Miley is without talent but if she wasn’t twerking all across the globe, riding a wrecking ball nude, dancing with Molly while licking an imaginary ice cream cone ( that’s the only way I can explain that tongue) her record sales and popularity probably would have been about average.

    It’s not enough to have talent these days. If it was artist like Emeli Sande would be better known. Most people have never heard of her.

  15. eliza says:

    Bitch please!

  16. Tiffany27 says:

    The “please stop” on her a** says it all.

  17. Quinn says:

    I’d like to ask her to name five Tupac and five Biggie songs……**crickets**

  18. OriginallyBlue says:

    No disrespect to strippers or hookers, but Miley looks like a very cheap one.

    • Nicolette says:

      Exactly, a two dollar one at best. All that’s missing is a lamp post for her to lean up against.

  19. TheOriginalKitten says:

    What is up with her and little people?

    • drea says:

      It’s disturbing. But I guess a job’s a job, and if they’re willing to be used in her act for comedic/shock value, what can the rest of us do?

    • emmie_a says:

      There’s a picture (maybe it’s on the DM) – and Miley is on stage and is fondling the little person’s breast. It’s gross. Why in the world would you let Miley do that to you? She’s just using the little people as her props and it’s disgusting.

    • I Choose Me says:

      Dunno but I wish she’d quit it. Or should I say, I wish the little people she keeps denigrating in her ‘act’ would stop working with her.

  20. Josephine says:

    Meh. Someone could probably pull off this outfit, but as always, on her it just elicits giggles from me. She looks silly, like she’s playing dress-up. She just doesn’t have the look for sexy. Sexy takes some experience in life, some confidence, some allure.

    I do love the silver dress she wore on stage though, from what little I can see of it.

  21. JudyK says:

    Which street corner is Miley workin’ this week?

  22. drea says:

    Wasn’t she the one who said somewhat recently that she’d never even heard a Jay Z song? Poseur.

  23. kenyan247 says:

    huh,i genuinely feel bad for this girl…she is so pathetic in her quest to be seen and talked about.let her enjoy it.it will not last.

  24. Tulip Garden says:

    She doesn’t look like an entertainer, she looks like one of those background video girls. Why would you want to diminish yourself like that?

  25. kpist says:

    ohhh, I remember the days when skirts used to cover vadges.

  26. Lucy says:

    Boring.

  27. janie says:

    Miley is a piece of trash! I’m tired of seeing who can wear the least amount of clothes and are given a pass, even praise by everyone!

    • Leila In Wunderland says:

      Why shouldn’t they be ‘given a pass’? A person has he right to wear whatever they want.

  28. Tupelo says:

    It’s a shame that such narcissism is celebrated. I supposed it always has been. I’m confused as to why her Wrecking Ball video won anything at all. I mean, look what it turned into; Nicholas Cage parodies and then games like this: http://www.roundgames.com/game/Miley+Cyrus%3A+The+Game
    Even Miley fans I know did not like the video.

    • Dommy Dearest says:

      Nic Cage memes always win. The Wrecking Ball one was complete win.

      (Though I really like the disney princess ones hahaha!)

  29. Trudy says:

    Then Cara took her home and enjoyed that 🙂

  30. Jennifer12 says:

    When people start ignoring her, she will go away.

  31. Eleonor says:

    Sorry but I don’t agree with those who say she has talent.
    She did try a music career before, and she failed.
    She has changed pr team, got naked and she succeed, because no one care if she sings or if she can dance. People want to see her twerking, and stick her tongue. End.
    When people will be over her tricks she will be over, like Gaga (but at least Gaga can sing).
    There are thousands of people who have a better voice than her, who tried the career and failed, having a nice voice,is not enough.
    Adele has talent, Amy Winehouse had talent, Céline Dion has talent.
    Madonna doesn’t have the voice, but she was and still is able to put on amazing shows.
    Miley isn’t near to anyone of them.
    She is only a Rihanna wannabe, without the sex appeal Rihanna has.

  32. Fernanda says:

    I am sorry, but she looks like a professional working in the street. In my city there is a street where women dressed like this wait for their customers. I swear she could fit right in! Doesn’t she have anybody who could give her any sane advice? Anybody?

  33. Dommy Dearest says:

    I’m all for smoking and I get where she was but that’s just tacky. Once again she puts a bad name out there for people that actually smoke and don’t blow it in others faces. She’s a poseur to the tenth degree and I wouldn’t be happier if she was sent to the moon. Actually, the little green people would send her right back. Since Gitmo is still open can she be sent there?

    • Gabriella says:

      Why would you do something like that to the Moonfolk? That’s so mean. 🙁 btw, I agree with what you said about putting a bad name for people that smoke responsibly. That’s what bothers me the most about her…

  34. YoungHeartOldSoulNewView says:

    I’m sorry, but you would most likely (99% chance) never see an…”urban” person trying this hard to be …”urban.” She is trying to be something she is not. It would be OK if she genuinely appreciated and participated in “urban” culture, but until, what, last year?She had never even heard of Jay-Z or at the very most didn’t know any of his songs, which she admitted in an interview about her “Party in the USA” song. So now all of a sudden she is paying trashy homage to two of the most revered rappers in hip hop history? She’s a white country girl trying too hard to make us believe that she is genuinely accepted and belongs in “urban” culture. Just embarrassing, really.

  35. Madriani's Girl says:

    Lord have mercy. When is this piece of trash going to realize she is not “urban” or “gangstah” or a “banger” or anything else along those lines? She is just a sad, attention-craving, drug-addled poser with no self respect at all.

    • Leila In Wunderland says:

      Yeah, because self-respect comes from modesty, and if you see a stranger who’s not modest, you automatically know she has no self-respect. Virtue or Vice, people. Make your choice!

      • Madriani's Girl says:

        If you act and dress the way Miley does, you have no self respect. I you did, you’d know you don’t need to do all of that in order to “empower” yourself because you are already strong and beautiful. All of her antics show major insecurity and zero respect for who she is as a person.

      • Leila In Wunderland says:

        That’s your conservative opinion. For some people self-respect does not stem from modesty or a dress code or any other sort of repression, but from who one is on the INSIDE. A person can have self-respect an wear whatever they damn well please. A person can also dress modestly and have little to no sex, but still not be very self-respecting. You can judge a book by it’s cover. Respect is not defined by ‘purity’ or abstinence or sexual reticience.

      • Leila In Wunderland says:

        I meant can’t.

      • Leila In Wunderland says:

        According to Merriam Webster dictionary:

        Self-respect (n.): 1)Proper respect for yourself as a human being. 2.) regard for one’s own standing or position.

        Hmm, nothing in there says that one has to dress modestly, abstain from certain dance moves, conduct themselves with an anti-nudity stance, or abstain from sex for pleasure.

        Also, here:http://lexcali.tumblr.com/post/36343236051/self-respect-the-new-way-women-are-slut-shaming

  36. idk says:

    She is slowly killing her career. How long does she think the public will put up with this? I think EVERYONE is sick of it now. The girl can sing, but boy did she go about “reinventing” herself the wrong way. She won’t be able to keep the act up for much longer. My little niece used to love Miley, now she can’t stand her and finds her “wierd”…plus she’s not even old enough to watch her videos anymore as they are not PG. Who is Miley’s audience supposed to be now ???

  37. Moiselle says:

    She looks like a cheap hooker. Not trendy, not cute, not fashionable, and not even a poser. Just straight up trashy.

    • Leila In Wunderland says:

      Yep, she looks like she’s on the wrong side of the dichotomy.

      • kris926 says:

        Oh for f*ck sake…do you even know what conservative means? I’m sorry, but trolling every Miley story to flaunt how “liberal” you are is ridiculous. She has admitted she does it for attention. She’s shamelessly posed for a notorious pervert known for exploiting his models, Terry Richardson. She uses little people as props, raves about “molly” (an incredibly dangerous drug), and poked fun at serious mental health disorders. Not to mention the nauseating display of sexual play directed toward large Teddie bears designed to look like an acid trip. While none of us can attest to her level of self-respect, I think it is safe to say those women that have contributed greatly to our culture did not do so by simply using their bodies and shock factor. We as women deserve more, our culture deserves more, we are better than this – men and women.

        In short, get over yourself. Given all that information, I believe it is you that finds themselves “on the wrong side of the dichotomy” (which is a very odd sentence, but I get what you’re trying to do here).

      • Leila In Wunderland says:

        @Kris: I think you posted that in the wrong place. I’m not trying to ‘flaunt my liberalism’ but any time people start scarlet-lettering, I will call it out. Don’t like it? Too Bad. Just as free speech gives people the right to be ignorant puritanical bigots, it also gives people the right to tell those people why their message is problematic.

        The criticism that she gets for using little people on her stage doesn’t bother me. I don’t care about any of the other criticism she gets. The only thing I have a problem with is the slut-shaming.

    • Side-Eye says:

      GOD BLESS YOU KRIS.

      • Brickyard Ute says:

        @Leila Quit trolling everyone who doesn’t agree with you!

        You can like Miley! She’s lucky to have you as a fan. But disliking her antics does not stereotype someone as a Jesus freak conservative!

        I love a dirrty girl! Xtina’s Stripped is still one of my fav albums and I love everything about her promotion, look and videos.

        Miley bugs because she keeps making contradictory statements about not having to be sexy to sell music and then dry jumping teddy bears and power tools.

        You are entitled to your opinion. But it takes away when you attack other posters for not agreeing with you.

      • Leila In Wunderland says:

        @Brickyard Ute: I love Christina too.

        It doesn’t bother me that people disagree with me/aren’t fans of Miley Cyrus. I like her, but there are things I really dislike about her too. It’s just the slut-shaming that bothers me. This is an issue that has always made me lose my, um….. diplomacy.

  38. GeeMoney says:

    Five to ten years from now, she’s going to be full of regrets. She’s also going to be angered by the fact that she’s going to want people to see her differently and take her seriously, and everyone is just going to remember this phase in her life and it’s going to forever follow her. She’s going to have a hell of a time moving past this image that’s she’s set up for herself.

    I feel sorry for her.

  39. lisa says:

    she looks like a stereotype of a hooker on a sitcom

    but if you cant act, sing or dance and arent content with just being rich, you have to try very hard to keep being noticed.

  40. kitty-bye says:

    Looks like the designer /hack cut up an vest and t-shirt and used the same string we used when we were kids learning to lace on a doll lol. Duke Nukem quote “Your face, your a$s – what’s the difference?” comes to mind when seeing the skirt part of it.

  41. becuztheycan says:

    So over her. Miley looks like a little boy plaiying dress up and it appears she will be roommates with Lindsey in no time. In addition,the only person I know who can make beautiful Channel look like junk. She won because she is a cirus act that junkies pay to see and gives us all some wierdo to talk about. Her voice is as more anoying then anyone I have ever heard. So sick of her

  42. eatingpie says:

    The back of her pants say “Please stop”.

    Truer words have never been uttered.

  43. skuddles says:

    Will someone just tattoo “TRY HARD” across this chick’s face and be done with it already??

  44. homegrrrral says:

    I loved the coyote ugly fashion era. Couldn’t have been more fun to wear low cut halter leather high heels. I wouldn’t do it now at.age 50, and I didn’t have the tough girl attitude in my 20’s. But I’m glad I had my
    X tina phase. Sigh.

    She looks great. No. She’s not a.symbol of talent, but the symbol of sex still sells. She’s working it. Who cares?

  45. RK says:

    She is not even original! Christina Aguilera wore a similar dress to the VMA’s 2001… If Rihanna seemed to me as a sluttier copy of Christina, Miley is the cheap version of both of them